Deathmatch Island explores the idea of a cruel system that uses paranoia and competitiveness to turn competitors against one another, and whether those victims will ultimately destroy each other or build the solidarity needed to smash the system together. You are Competitors who have been dropped onto an island for this strange and scary game with only vague memories. You will forge relationships with your fellow teammates, negotiate alliances with other competitors, compete in deadly contests, earn rewards, and make your way towards a thrilling endgame. Along the way, you'll narrate flashbacks to your competitor's mysterious past, giving everyone insight into what motivates them in the present. Ultimately, the competitors will progress through the island until the final Stand Off. Will you play to win? Or will you try to break the game? While this is a brutal game about survival, you are mostly trying to work together for survival against rival groups. However, PvP is possible in the endgame. It is also important to know that it uses a zoomed-out single-roll resolution system and time skips. Be prepared to take turns narrating outcomes for group scenes, often switching between what happened in the scene and your character's private confessionals in front of a camera, taped after the fact as the audience gets to view what happened. This all works to represent how reality TV shows only show certain interesting bits, along with montage sequences, and not every single moment. Today, you'll play on Resort Island, an idyllic-looking island that was once a former resort for the rich and powerful. Complete with white sand beaches and peaceful-looking lagoons, theme park attractions, luxury entertainments, and even the usual bit of cultural appropriation. But this peaceful-looking island will soon reveal a whole array of deadly games. Ready or not, here you go!

• This game will be great if you like Battle Royale, Squid Game, The Hunger Games, FantasticLand, Black Mirror and/or reality TV. 

• New players to the system are welcome, but they need to have overall TTRPG experience and be comfortable narrating (parts of) a scene on their own.

• You will get to roll up a character ahead of time, guided by the GM. 

• The game runner is familiar with this system. 

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Tags: modern, dystopia, battle royale, game show Content warnings: possible player-vs-player in the end game

This game will be hosted in room #2 of The TTRPG Pickup Con Discord server; spectators are welcome. Possibly using Miro whiteboards. https://miro.com/

Nona de Koning’s Game Runner Profile

https://www.indecisionist.com/ttrpg-pickup-con-game-runners/nona-de-koning